First a cool teaser poster, that came title-less by the way, and now an official title for The X-Files sequel, The X-Files: I Want to Believe.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe
While talking with AP, series' creator Chris Carter announced that the second bigscreen spinoff would be titled The X-Files: I Want to Believe. I like the title, as not only is it broad, but actually relates to the series and its characters. I for one use the slogan I Want to Believe all the time. Take for instance:
If I work hard I can be rich... I Want to Believe.
If I remain fit I can always get the ladies... I Want to Believe.
Now you try it.
The title is a familiar phrase for fans of the series that starred David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson as FBI agents chasing after aliens and supernatural happenings. "I Want to Believe" was the slogan on a poster Duchovny's UFO-obsessed agent Fox Mulder had hanging in the cluttered basement office where he and Anderson's Dana Scully worked.
"It's a natural title," Carter said in a telephone interview Tuesday during a break from editing the film. "It's a story that involves the difficulties in mediating faith and science. 'I Want to Believe.' It really does suggest Mulder's struggle with his faith."
"It has struck me over the last several years talking to college-age kids that a lot of them really don't know the show or haven't seen it," Carter said. "If you're 20 years old now, the show started when you were 4. It was probably too scary for you or your parents wouldn't let you watch it. So there's a whole new audience that might have liked the show. This was made to, I would call it, satisfy everyone."
I Want to Believe.
The X-Files: I Want to Believe opens to theaters on July 25th.
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